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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Fimbry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-07-002?:
Fimbristylis spadicea FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis harperi
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Fimbry
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Keith Bradley kab_f_caroliniana_09121
April Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Inflorescence terminal, cymose, with sessile and pedicellate spikelets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis caroliniana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-07-002?:
Fimbristylis spadicea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis harperi
3927
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Brackish or alkaline sands of marsh edges and dune swales, less typically in pine savannas or pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets pale brown or red-brown
3 stamens
Bisexual
Inflorescence a terminal anthela
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pale to deep brown
Achene
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